MailEnable up to 2.34 IMAP Service memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in MailEnable. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component IMAP Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-6484. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in MailEnable (Mail Server Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component IMAP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The IMAP service for MailEnable Professional and Enterprise Edition 2.0 through 2.34, Professional Edition 1.6 through 1.83, and Enterprise Edition 1.1 through 1.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger a null pointer dereference, as addressed by the ME-10023 hotfix, and a different issue than CVE-2006-6423. NOTE: some details were obtained from third party information.

The bug was discovered 12/08/2006. The weakness was presented 12/08/2006 by JJ. Reyes with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mailenable.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6484 since 12/12/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23783 (MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mailenable.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30797), Tenable (23783), SecurityFocus (BID 21493†), OSVDB (32124†) and Secunia (SA23267†). See VDB-2707, VDB-2727, VDB-2767 and VDB-11121 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 23783
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025)
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Patch: mailenable.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mailenable.com
Researcher: JJ. Reyes
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-6484 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6484
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2728
X-Force: 30797
SecurityFocus: 21493 - MailEnable IMAP Service Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23267 - MailEnable IMAP Service Denial Of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 32124 - MailEnable - IMAP Service - Remote Denial of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 13389 - MailEnable IMAP Service Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2006 13:05
Updated: 07/12/2019 09:34
Changes: 12/14/2006 13:05 (78), 07/12/2019 09:34 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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